Dell’s XT2 tablet PC has been around for just over a year, and now the company has come up with a fully-ruggedised version in the form of the XT2 XFR. Able to withstand drops, freezing temperatures and rain, it’s primarily aimed at those who have to cope with something a little more testing than a daily commute on the train. …

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Virtualization

It's the small things...

"It welcomes finger prods, but if you whip the stylus out it’ll ignore them"

So if you manage to misplace the stylus, you're foooked?

Other AC - I've found that a fair few of Dell's recent lappies just do not have the drivers available for XP. Have a look on their support site - if there's XP drivers for download, it'll be fine, otherwise you'll almost certainly be out of luck.

Rebadged Getac

Given that Dell don't manufacture any laptops, not that most major brands to, asside from Acer. This particular offering looks like it has probably come from the house of Getac, part of Mitac Corporation.

XP Pro

I cannot understand why Dell would not use Windows 7 Pro. As a previous poster send WIndows XP is very important to the corporate market and will remain so for another few years. 7 Pro and Ultimate includes Virtual PC meaning any XP program will work without any problem, alhough not XP drivers, ultities and AV software.

I have to say though that in this market the Panasonic Toughbooks are the benchmark for fully rugged laptops. And for semi-rugged laptops I would very strongly recommend the new HP Elitebooks.

VAIO VGN

I've dropped my vaio about three feet onto concrete, spilled wine on the keyboard and additionally in the dvd drive (don't ask), i've used it in the rain and it's still happily ticking along after four years of abuse additionally it only weights 1.2 kilograms and didn't come with the pricetag that the tablet does.

3hours??!!

The battery is woeful! my toughbook can manage 7hours with display on full brightness, wifi on and several internet pages running...

The XFR's are nice looking but after a few toughbooks, I wouldnt choose anything else! - Ive thrown an old CF-27 over head height, in the garden and it apart from dislodging a pcmcia card carried on working :D